Deacon Stan, Jesus Man
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| “Deacon Stan, Jesus Man” | |
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| American Dad! episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 7 |
| Written by | Nahnatchka Khan |
| Directed by | John Aoshima |
| Production no. | 1AJN07 |
| Original airdate | June 19, 2005 |
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"Deacon Stan, Jesus Man" is an episode of American Dad!.
[edit] Plot
In this episode, we are introduced to the White family. Stan hates the father, Chuck, who always beats the Smiths to church where Chuck gets the shady parking spot and Stan has to park in the sun. At church, the deacon chokes to death on a communion wafer and Chuck volunteers to be deacon. Stan, wanting to beat him, also volunteers. Steve becomes friends with Betsy, Chuck's daughter who has no freedom (is forced to do gymnastics) and is not even allowed to hold hands with boys (it leads to kissing and could end with pregnancy).
Meanwhile, Roger is going through his reproductive cycle. His breasts give off a milky substance. Tricked by Klaus, Roger eats all of Francine's potato salad. Trying to make a replacement, he uses his breast milk when he finds out they are out of mayonnaise. Francine serves Roger's salad and it is an instant hit. Discovering the advantage, Stan uses Roger's milk to make more potato salad, with some help from Karl Rove, and is elected deacon. However, Stan's technique of harvesting the alien breast milk has bad effects and Roger chokes. Steve then gives Roger mouth-to-mouth. By doing this, Steve accidentally becomes the host for Roger's egg and becomes pregnant.
Sealed from life, Stan decides to have the alien baby aborted. To do this, they go all the way to Mexico ("God's blind spot"). However, Steve has a change of heart and decides to keep the baby. That night, Betsy talks to Steve from his window and talks about how her life is miserable. They then kiss and accidentally, the baby is transferred to Betsy, who is the one now pregnant. Disowned by her parents who believe she has "been doing splits all over town" and forced to move out, Betsy tells Steve that she has never been happier now that she is pregnant. She no longer has to do gymnastics which was like a prison and now she is free. Stan then gives up his deacon position, pretending he is possessed by a demon. The episode ends with Stan and some black guy TPing Chuck White's house.
[edit] Cultural references
- Karl Rove is George W. Bush's senior advisor and chief political strategist. Although critics often describe him as evil, this episode takes this portrayal to the extreme. Rove is made to look like Emperor Palpatine. Whenever his name is spoken, a wolf can be heard howling and he lowers the temperature of the room he is in (in one instance freezing Klaus' bowl), this possibly could be a reference to the dementors from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Also, his body begins to burn when he attempts to enter the church. He departs the episode by transforming into a swarm of bats, which disperses.
- Béla Károlyi is a well-known gymnastics coach, with a reputation for being very strict. This episode takes this to the extreme, when he confronts his pupil Betsy at a funeral scene and shoves half a lemon in her face as punishment for garnishing her water with a lemon wedge.
- Stan's quote "It's a bizarre situation. Not 8 Simple Rules, let's-keep-it-going-after-the-father-died bizarre, but close." is a reference to the show 8 Simple Rules, which the ABC network decided to keep going, despite the death of John Ritter who played the titular father.
[edit] Notes
- Langley Falls Post front page headline: "Bush finally gets joke about last name", a reference to George W. Bush and the use of the word "bush" as a slang term for pubic hair.
- The religion of the Smiths is officially revealed to be Episocopal, the same faith as the series creator Seth MacFarlane.
- The red robe on Karl Rove is a reference to the red robe used at Bohemian Grove's occult Cremation of Care ceremony.
- Karl Rove's medallion has an elephant on it, which is the symbol of the Republican Party.
- This is the first episode to allude to Francine's hatred for George Clooney.
- Josh Groban appeared in this episode as a whiny parishioner.
- The experiment Klaus is talking about when Roger fears that his head will be ripped off, instructing him to blink as many times as possible, is a reference to Antoine Lavoisier's rumored final experiment to find out how long a head can remain conscious after being separated from the body.
